Water Management Supervisor

NES Fircroft; North Dakota; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft, a leading engineering staffing provider, seeks a senior operations professional to oversee contractor and lead staff involved in water transfer activities. The role includes coordinating water transfers to frac spreads, routing, permits, and safety communications with project leads.

Responsibilities include scheduling, risk management, and document coordination with landowners, lawyers, and water consultants, ensuring compliance and efficiency across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Typically 10-15 years of experience.
• Oversees professional and/or lead staff.
• Responsibilities may include several technical/functional areas.
• Resolves complex problems.
• Contributes to development of technical/functional strategies and ensures operational plans are aligned with business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates contractor and consultant workforce to accomplish tasks.
• Manages water transfer to frac spreads and water supply routes.
• Collaborates with PRRTC on agreements and with ROW agents for routes.
• Receives temporary routes and secures long-term routes for water transfers.
• Schedules weekly meetings for planning and daily safety updates.
• Permits water wells and coordinates with underground water districts and road crossings.
• Compiles invoice trackers and line sheets for each job.
• Coordinates with procurement on price issues.

Skills

Leadership oversight

Cross-functional coordination

Problem solving

Oil & gas operations

Job description

Key Accountabilities

• Coordinates contractor and consultant workforce to accomplish tasks as necessary.
• Manages and coordinates water transfer to frac spreads and water supply to locations and identifying routes for water transfers.
• Collaborates with PRRTC in dealing with agreements.
• Relays temporary routes needed to ROW agents for upcoming jobs and procuring ROW for temporary frac lines and drilling supply lines.
• Coordinates changes between office and field personnel.
• Uses temporary water line agreements to acquire long term routes for all water transfers.
• Captures all water volumes and footage of lines laid on landowners property.
• Determines needs to build frac pits and drill water wells and procure new off-lease frac pit and water wells.
• QCs on building frac pits, lines laid and maintenance of frac pits.
• Reviews and coordinates documentation and changes with land owners as well as lawyers and water consultants.
• Conducts weekly meetings for scheduling and planning.
• Reviews and schedules upcoming jobs needing water transfer ops and reviewing schedules for any conflicts.
• Conducts monthly safety meetings and communicates daily with project leads on jobs and safety.
• Permits all water and water wells with the underground water districts.
• Permits state and county roads crossings.
• Attends monthly meetings with the districts and sends monthly water volumes to the districts.
• Sends check requests to PRRTC for water used in operations.
• Compiles all invoice trackers and line sheets for each job.
• Coordinates with procurement on any price issues.

Required and Preferred Skills and Experience

• Typically 10-15 years of experience.
• Provides oversight to professional and/or lead staff.
• Responsibilities may include several technical/functional areas.
• Resolves complex problems.
• Provides input to development of technical/functional strategies and ensures operational plans are aligned with business objectives.
• Decisions are guided by functional objectives.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.